Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Wright, James H. 1837 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
JAMES H. WRIGHT. One of the successful farmers located in Indian Fields
Township, Tuscola County, is he whose name is above. He was born December 4,
1837, in Dryden, Tompkins County, N. Y. He is a son of David and Catherine
(Updyke) Wright. The former was a stonemason by trade and followed that calling
all his life. He was born in New York and received his education in the common
schools of the State. He was a well-read and well-posted man, being thoroughly
abreast with the topics of the day. To them were born ten children, of whom four
are yet living. They are by name James H., our subject; George, a resident of
Fresno, Cal.; Mary A., the wife of Charles Blair, of New York; Susan, widow of
William Drayton, of New York. David Wright came to Michigan bringing his son,
our subject, with him in 1871. Five years later his decease occurred. Our
subject began for himself at the age of about fifteen years. He had learned the
stonemason's trade of his father and followed that business for about thirty
years, but during the latter part of the time in connection with that work he
was engaged in farming.
James H. Wright is now the owner of one hundred and forty acres of
finely-improved land. It bears a good residence and capacious barns and
outhouses and altogether shows the stamp of excellent management. May 4, 1860,
our subject was united in marriage to Miss Ellen J. Thompson, a daughter of John
and Sarah Thompson. Our subject and his wife have been the parents of five
children, whose names are: Thomas, George, Charles, Harry and Jenny. Thomas
married Ellen Gotham; George married Cora Carpenter. Our subject affiliates with
the Industrial party, believing in the strength of platform and principle of
that organization. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry, feeling that by
his union with the agricultural and laboring class he is strengthening his own
position.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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